Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-02-25

Oou. xAST1CuiGdtO uIlu6ti1eS lI1 1l1t1Ou-
al wealth. The farmer ministers to
the wants of king and prince, Of presi-
dent and Senator; the farmer must be
esteemed as the direct medium Of bless
ing through whom God manifests his
goodness to the nation. We have been
accustomed to such phenomenal crops
that it almost goes without saying that
the past year has been phenomenal in
its agricultural productions. Indeed
there has been wealth in the soil, a
wealth in the mines, a wealth in the
seas, which awakens astonishment and
admiration in the minds of those be-
ycnd the deep-for it Is a statistical
fact that our agricultural products for
the year just closing is not less than
three and half thousand millions Of
dollars in valuation How difficult to
appreciate ythe fact! One thousand
seven hundred million bushels Of corn,
valued at five hundred and eighty mil
lions of dollars; four hundred and fifty
million bushels of wheat, valued at
three hundred and ffty-fye millions Of
dollars; six and q half million bales of
cotton, estimated in valuation as two
hundred and fifty millions Of dollars.
And including all the other egricultur-
al products, the statistician Of the Gov.
ernment estimates the value at three
and half thousand millions of dollars.
And this is but repetition of other
years! No. It exceeds other years
1t is great fact that one and a half
millions of square miles of cultivated
land in this country now subject to the
plow could feed thousand millions of
persons, and then we could have FIVE
thousand millions Of bushels of grain
for exportatioA.
In ten years, from 1870 to 1880, we
produced over seven hundred millions
of dollars of precious metals; and the
last year the valuation is estimated at
seventy-fve millions in gold and silver;
and rising above these colossal and
phenomenal figures, our great manu-
featuring people during the past year
have produced not less than FIVE thou
sand millions Of dollars in valuation.
The mind staooars in the nresanca IS
these tremendous facts.
Then our national wealth ,s as nbe.
nomenal as are the ANIMAL a,odncts os
soil and mine and sk,ll and com nerca
Tn 1880 our national wealth was est,-
mated at forty .four Thousand millions
of dollars which would bnv all Russ;a
Turkey Italy. South Africa and South
| America-nossessions inhabited hv
not less than one hundred and seven tv.
seven millions Of neonle. This enor-
mons national waallb avcetds tba
wealth of Great, britain bv tro hund,ad
and seyentv..ssiix millions af flallass
Fnoland's wealth IS the orow,b a cen.
turtles while our wealth at the most
can he said to he the growth af one
century Nav the FACT is that most
Of ours has been created in the last
twentv wears Tn 1860 our nat;onal
wealth was estimated at sixteen tbou-
sand millions Of dollars. Bnt from
1860 to 1880 our wealth Increased
overweight thousand millions Of dol.
larsItcn thousand millions more than
the entire wealth of the Empire Of
Russia. From 1870 to 1880, ten years,
the increase was twenty thousand mil
lions. This is without a parallel.
lSurelv these great facts call upon the
| President of the United States to con-
woke the freemen of this country
around their religious altars to offer
their gratitude and nraise to Him from
whom cometh all these blessings: for ii,
His hand are the resources of national
wealth. With Him are the ministers
of good and the ministers of evil. He
can marshal the insect. He can excite
the malaria, He can call forth the sor-
nado. He can put down his foot and
wreck the earth with earthquake
throes. The ministers of evil are with
Him. and stand with closed ewes and
folded wings around His throne. but
not with deaf ears. waiting to hear
His summons. aGo FORTH So also
around His throne stand the angels "a
nlentv in whose footballs rise tbe oold.
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